Krishna Kumar Mantoo
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1977)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Krishan Kumar Mantoo
| image = File:Krishan Kumar Mantoo.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|02|27|df=yes}}{{cite web |title=बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची |url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427090929/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf |archive-date=27 April 2023 |url-status=live |language=Hindi}}
| birth_place = Banauta, Parsa
| residence = Banauta, Parsa , Saran, Bihar
| alma_mater =
| office = Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2020
| predecessor = Shatrudhan Tiwari
| constituency = Amnour
| constituency1 = Amnour
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2015
| predecessor1 = Constituency created
| successor1 = Shatrudhan Tiwari
| occupation = Politician
| nationality = Indian
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| otherparty = Janata Dal (United)
| spouse =
| children =
| source = https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/List_Of_Members.pdf
}}
Krishan Kumar Mantoo (born 27 February 1977) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party{{cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/List_Of_Members.pdf|title=Bihar MLA list|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013121109/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/List_Of_Members.pdf|url-status=live}} and was sitting MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://www.chhapra.co.in/election.html|title=MLA from Saran district constituencies|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235051/http://www.chhapra.co.in/election.html|url-status=live}} He was an MLA from Amnour Vidhan Sabha constituency from 2010 to 2015.{{cite web|title=Krishna Kumar Mantoo|url=http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1556|website=My Neta Info|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202133132/http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1556|url-status=live}} In 2020, he won for the second time from Amnour constituency on the symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Early life
Krishan Kumar was born in a Kurmi family. His father Laxmi Narayan Singh is a farmer and he belongs to agricultural family. He belongs to Banauta village, which comes under Parsa police station of Saran district.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1556|title=Krishna Kumar Mantoo village|access-date=26 October 2015|archive-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202133132/http://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=1556|url-status=live}} He is also the president of Patel Chhatrawas Nirman Trust, a trust dedicated to build Patel Hostels for students belonging to economically and socially backward class in all districts of Bihar, three hostels have been completed and other two are in progress as of October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/samastipur/news/membership-drive-for-hostel-construction-131129421.html|title=अभियान:छात्रावास निर्माण को लेकर चलाया सदस्यता अभियान |website=Bhaskar|accessdate=2 June 2024}}
Political career
File:Amnour MLA Krishna Kumar Mantoo Patel with Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Nitish Kumar.jpg with Nitish Kumar participating in inauguration ceremony of girls' hostel in a government school located in Amnour Assembly constituency on 12 September 2024]]
Mantoo's political career started from a very young age as student leader to later becoming Mukhiya (elected representative of village in Panchayati raj system) of Banauta village in early 2000s. In the subsequent years he gained popularity as a regional "Bahubali", who conflicted local administrators{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/spl-bihel-baob-bahubali-krishna-kumar-singh-mantu-is-mla-from-amnaur-bihar-5117287-pho.html|title=इस बाहुबली विधायक ने की थी सरकारी ऑफिसर की पिटाई, देता है गालियां|website=Bhaskar|accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025141939/http://www.bhaskar.com/news/SPL-BIHEL-BAOB-bahubali-krishna-kumar-singh-mantu-is-mla-from-amnaur-bihar-5117287-PHO.html|url-status=live}}and politicians{{Cite news |date=2009-08-17 |title=9 arrested for insulting MLA |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/9-arrested-for-insulting-MLA/articleshow/4900293.cms |access-date=2024-10-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} at multiple instances. Mantoo allowed his wife Savita Devi to contest panchayat elections after the seats were reserved for SCs and women, emerging youth leader's wife got victory in 2006 Block Pramukh's [Block President] election and later the position is reclaimed by his wife in the consecutive elections in 2011, 2016{{Cite web |title=पूर्व विधायक मंटू की पत्नी बनी परसा की प्रमुख - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-savita-elected-pramukh-14283454.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Jagran |language=hi}},2021{{Cite web |title=सारण में भाजपा विधायक की पत्नी चौथी बार बनीं प्रमुख, चार अन्य प्रखंडों में इन्हें मिली जिम्मेदारी - BJP MLA s wife became Pramukh for the fourth time in Saran who got responsibility in four other blocks |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-bjp-mla-s-wife-became-pramukh-for-the-fourth-time-in-saran-who-got-responsibility-in-four-other-blocks-22337945.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}and has been continuously serving the post as of 2024. While his presence in the local politics was not left unnoticed and in the subsequent time he became close ally with Prabhunath Singh, who is credited with his entry into active state politics. Due to support of Prabhunath Singh, he was able to get symbol from Janata Dal (United) for 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. He won his first assembly election by defeating Sunil Kumar with a huge margin of over ten thousand, becoming one of the youngest MLAs of the region. In his first tenure as legislator, multiple allegations related to intimidation of government officials against him. Allegation of extortion and physical threats were charged against him in the election year 2015.{{Cite web |title=JD (U) MLA booked for demanding extortion charges |url=https://news.biharprabha.com/2015/06/jd-u-mla-booked-for-demanding-extortion-charges/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Biharprabha News {{!}} Connecting Bihar with the entire World |language=en-US}}
In 2015, he contested Assembly elections once again and lost to Shatrughan Tiwari of Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, in 2020, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party after resigning from Janata Dal United which was contesting election in alliance with Bharatiya Janta Party and contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Sunil Kumar of Rashtriya Janata Dal and became an MLA for the second time.{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/amnour-election-results-2020-bihar-chunav-vidhan-sabha-seat-counting-tejashwi-yadav-nitish-kumar-shatrughan-tiwari-alias-chokar-baba-lbs-1159297-2020-11-10|title=Amnour Election Results 2020: BJP के कृष्ण ने मारी बाजी, RJD को 3681 वोटों से हराया |website=AajTak|date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=1 June 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Nitish Kumar Cabinet: जनक सिंह, सीएन गुप्ता और कृष्ण कुमार मंटू... किसे मिलेगी नीतीश कुमार की नई कैबिनेट में जगह? - Nitish Kumar Cabinet expansion mla Janak Singh CN Gupta and Krishna Kumar Mantu |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saran-nitish-kumar-cabinet-expansion-mla-janak-singh-cn-gupta-and-krishna-kumar-mantu-23641730.html |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}
Elections contested
=Assembly Elections 2010=
{{Election box begin|
|title=2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Krishna Kumar Mantoo
|votes = 29,508
|percentage = 31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sunil Kumar
|votes = 18,991
|percentage = 20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,517
|percentage = 11
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Assembly Elections 2015=
{{Election box begin|
|title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shatrudhan Tiwari
|votes = 39,134
|percentage = 30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Krishna Kumar Mantoo
|votes = 33,883
|percentage = 26
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,251
|percentage = 4
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Assembly Elections 2020=
{{Election box begin|
|title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Amnour}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krishna Kumar Mantoo
|votes = 63,316
|percentage = 42.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Sunil Kumar
|votes = 59,635
|percentage = 39.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,681
|percentage = 2.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Positions held
| class="wikitable" |
| Period
! Positions ! Note |
|---|
| 2010–2015
|Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly |First Term |
| 2020–
|Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly |Second Term |
See also
References
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Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians
Category:Politicians from Patna
Category:Members of the Bihar Legislative Council
Category:Finance ministers of Bihar